as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
in a stroke, the March snowstorm obliterated our hopes for an early spring
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Recent Examples of obliterate
On Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned the leaks of the military's report but did not go as far as to claim that the sites were obliterated.
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 28 June 2025
Satellite imagery shows activity at one of the three Iranian uranium enrichment sites that President Donald Trump said had been obliterated in U.S. military strikes last month.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
They would all be obliterated as part of a source-of-funds move.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 June 2025
Well, what President Trump told the country is that those – that Iran's nuclear capability was obliterated.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 29 June 2025
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 28 June 2025
Satellite imagery shows activity at one of the three Iranian uranium enrichment sites that President Donald Trump said had been obliterated in U.S. military strikes last month.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
They would all be obliterated as part of a source-of-funds move.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 June 2025
Well, what President Trump told the country is that those – that Iran's nuclear capability was obliterated.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obliterate
Verb
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Screwworms were eradicated in the U.S. in the 1960s, but have been know to reemerge occasionally.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 July 2025
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Israel retaliated and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to eradicate Hamas.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 July 2025
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Nothing Astronomer could have said or done would've erased the incident.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Intel’s stock jumped early in 2025 as optimism built around new leadership, but shares fell over 9% after Thursday’s Q2 earnings and layoff announcement, threatening to erase most yearly gains.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
25 July 2025
Verb
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The poem became an anthem for abolishing convict labor in Florida.—
Time,
Time,
17 July 2025
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Those who call for abolishing ICE or halting deportations rarely grapple with what that would actually mean: open borders in all but name.—
Robert W Hood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 July 2025
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In return, he was allowed to effectively destroy a nature site of great conservation value.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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Trump also is destroying the Games’ potential upside.—
Joe Mathews,
Mercury News,
25 July 2025
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“Obliterate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obliterate. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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